Johan Andreas Lippestad (19 December 1902 – 7 November 1961) was a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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minister in the
NS government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
of
Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germ ...
, from 1941 to 1945. He was responsible for the
evacuation of Finnmark in 1944, together with
Jonas Lie. In the
post-war legal purges in Norway he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment with
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
. He was released from prison in 1956.
References
1902 births
1961 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
Members of Nasjonal Samling
People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Norway
Norwegian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
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